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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 -- Nationalism, repugnance and anthropology: A case from the South -- A parochial concern? -- Anthropology in crisis: the role of nationalism and culture -- 'Liberals' in a pariah nationalist state -- Volkekunde, metropolitan and world anthropologies -- Shades of grey -- Metropolitan, world and national anthropologies -- This book -- Chapter 2 -- Biographies, histories and South African anthropology -- Social historians, politics and biographies |
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Volkekunde biographies during apartheid -- Post-apartheid volkekunde biographies -- The LANGAA project and our positionality -- The interviews for this book -- Chapter 3 -- Kees, volkekunde and nationalism -- Volkekunde at Tukkies -- Afrikaner nationalism -- Coertze, patriarchy, religion and volkekunde -- Volkekunde beyond Tukkies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- John's training and teaching -- John's UCT background -- At Cambridge -- First contact Afrikaans -- QwaQwa -- Keywords -- Stellenbosch and Pretoria -- Fieldwork at UP: the Afrikaners -- Conclusion |
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Chapter 5 -- Kees's long walk from volkekunde -- Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) -- Breaking from volkekunde and Coertze -- First 'real' fieldwork -- Colleagues at RAU: M nnig, Boet and At -- Christianity and anthropology -- The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) -- The death of volkekunde -- RAU and transformation -- Stellenbosch University -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6 -- John's journey into the heart of volkekunde -- Introduction to the Other (volkekunde) -- The Russian connection -- Growing interest in volkekunde -- First contact: Boet -- UP move, the archives and research on the volkekundiges |
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UP theses -- Volkekunde in the 1960s -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Kees and John after volkekunde -- Retiring volkekunde -- John and Kees's post-retirement work -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover |
| Summary |
Africa is rich in (neo) traditional dances; yet, not much exists in the form of written literature on the subject. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Anthropology -- Political aspects -- South Africa.
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Nationalism -- Social aspects -- South Africa.
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Nationalism -- Social aspects |
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South Africa |
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Van Wyk, Ilana, 1977- author, interviewer.
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Pieterse, Jimmy, author, interviewer.
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Van der Waal, C. S., interviewee.
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Sharp, John (John S.), interviewee.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Van Wyk, Ilana. Nationalism, Politics and Anthropology. Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2022 9789956552771 |
| ISBN |
9956552437 (electronic book) |
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9789956552436 (electronic bk.) |
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